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Modern distributed systems fail in partial, uneven ways. A downstream API slows down, a database starts timing out, or a burst of messages arrives faster than a dependency can absorb. If every Azure Function instance retries immediately and indefinitely, the system creates its own backpressure and turns a transient …
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Learn LINQ joins in C# from inner joins to the new .NET 10 LeftJoin and RightJoin, with real-world Customer/Order examples and SQL comparisons. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/14/linq-joins-in-c-join-groupjoin-leftjoin-rightjoin-and-zip
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You’ve probably experienced both of these, perhaps at the same time. First, that desire to let an agent get at your data. It’s driven by simplification and better experiences for the user and for you: fewer screens, fewer queries, fewer reports, and less code overall. Second, and perhaps more importantly, that …
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Building powerful AI agents is only half the story, running them safely in production is the real challenge. As customers adopt Microsoft Agent Framework for agent orchestration, a clear need has emerged for robust, built-in governance. In this post, Imran Siddique from the AGT team walks through how Agent Governance …
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In this post, you will learn how to implement Assisted NLU effectively. You will learn how to improve your bot design with effective intent and slot descriptions, validate your implementation using Test Workbench, and plan your transition from traditional NLU to Assisted NLU for both new and existing bots. Link to …
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In this post, you learn how to combine Stream's Vision Agents open-source framework with Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic to build real-time voice agents that can be production-ready in minutes. You'll learn how the integration works under the hood, walk through code examples, and explore advanced capabilities …
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Network security has a funny way of showing up late. You start with a web app, an API, storage, and Key Vault. The app works. The demo works. Everyone is happy. Then the production checklist shows up: Can storage and secrets be taken off the public internet? Can this app run inside our virtual network? Link to article: …
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We are releasing new patches for our self‑hosted product, Azure DevOps Server. We strongly recommend that all customers stay up to date with the latest, most secure version of Azure DevOps Server. The most recent release, Azure DevOps Link to article: …
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Today, we're announcing cross-account Athena access for Amazon Quick. With this feature, customers can query Athena data in other AWS accounts using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role chaining, with query costs billed to the account where the data resides. Link to article: …
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In this post, you will configure Chrome enterprise policies to restrict a browser agent to a specific website, observe the policy enforcement through session recording, and demonstrate custom root CA certificates using a public test site. The walkthrough produces a working solution that researches Amazon Bedrock …
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Visual Studio 2026 version 18.6 makes it easier to take advantage of modern Windows memory management improvements. Segment Heap is a modern heap implementation in Windows that delivers stronger protection against common memory vulnerabilities, higher Link to article: …
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Picture a Rust service that signs in with Microsoft Entra ID, pulls a signing key from Key Vault, picks up work items off a Storage Queue, and lands the results in Blob Storage. Every piece of that stack is now stable. 🚀 The Azure SDK for Rust 🦀 is stable. What we shipped as a Link to article: …
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If you lead a development team, y Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/vslive-microsoft-ai-hackathon-2026-send-your-team-home-with-working-code
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Say you have a directory full of files, and you want to delete all but the 10 most recent files. Is there a way to tell FindFirstFile to enumerate the files in date order? No, there is no way to tell FindFirstFile to enumerate the files in date order. The files enumerated by FindFirstFile Link to article: …
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Master flyweight pattern best practices in C# including thread-safe factories, immutable shared state, memory monitoring, and avoiding common anti-patterns. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/14/flyweight-pattern-best-practices-in-c-code-organization-and-maintainability
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Use Codex anywhere with the ChatGPT mobile app. Monitor, steer, and approve coding tasks in real time across devices and remote environments. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/work-with-codex-from-anywhere
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Learn how new ChatGPT safety updates improve context awareness in sensitive conversations, helping detect risk over time and respond more safely. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-recognize-context-in-sensitive-conversations
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Today, we are excited to announce the fourth preview release of .NET 11! This release includes improvements across the .NET Runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, C#, Entity Framework Core, and more. Check out the linked release notes below and get started today. [cta-button align="center" …
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Master LINQ aggregation in C# with Count, Sum, MinBy, MaxBy, and custom Aggregate, plus why Count vs Any matters for real-world .NET performance. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/12/linq-aggregation-in-c-count-sum-min-max-average-and-aggregate
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Sometimes you need to know whether the current process has package identity. Certain Windows features require it, and behaviors can differ—both technically and culturally. For example, classic Windows applications often store settings in the registry, whereas packaged applications typically use Link to article: …
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